September in Xizhou is a very hot time, but the heavily guarded backyard of the Shen family is surrounded by a large water system, which brings a hint of coolness.
Xiang Sheng, dressed in a green silk dress, sat under a tree in the courtyard, nibbling on the fruits that had just been served on the table. A maidservant fanned her gently with a palm-leaf fan, her eyes filled with envy.
I heard that this Miss Xiang was originally just a little beggar wandering on the street. Later, she was picked up by the housekeeper and transformed into Chen Xiang. She was really like a phoenix that rose to prominence overnight!
The maid's thoughts were exposed, so Xiang Sheng naturally couldn't hide them, but he didn't care.
Two days had passed since the spiritual root test. During these two days, she had been placed in this courtyard and had not left since.
Chen Fan seemed to be afraid that she would feel wronged, so he sent many maids to accompany her. He would come to comfort her in person every day, saying that she should be patient for half a month and he would take her to a place after half a month.
Of course she knew that place was the Sword Tower.
She had deliberately created the current situation.
After learning from Li Wansheng how to obtain the sword manual, she has been traveling around nearby cities, looking for a suitable family to facilitate fabricating an identity.
She originally wanted to plan a family reunion scene.
But after coming to this small town and hearing the jokes about the Shen family, he immediately changed his mind.
It is obvious which one has fewer loopholes, total falsification or going with the flow.
She deliberately glanced in front of Butler Shen and was taken back.
Needless to say, what happened next.
Apart from dealing with Chen Fan these past two days, she has been refining the "Qi Tian" formation element.
The Shen family's identity is enough to cover up dealing with ordinary cultivators, but it is far from enough in front of the Wanmai Sword Sect.
With the Pantheon's previous experience as a lesson, she knew very well that her own origins could not withstand speculation.
Since this is a matter related to the "Sword Manual", the Wanmai Sword Sect must be cautious. When the time comes, they only need to deduce her fate a little and immediately realize that something is wrong.
Xiang Sheng has been thinking about how to make up for this flaw ever since he dealt with the Thousand-Faced Old Ghost.
The power of "Deceiving Heaven" can deceive heaven and earth, and the mere technique of deduction can naturally deceive as well.
Unfortunately, there is a fatal flaw.
She couldn't keep "Deceiving Heaven" running all the time, so she could only activate the array to deceive the other party while the person casting the spell was deducing.
But if the other party's deduction skills are higher than her perception, and she doesn't know if someone is spying on her, how can she guard against it?
This problem has troubled Xiang Sheng for a long time.
Fortunately, life in Dongzhou was peaceful, and she had enough time to think, and she actually figured out a solution.
That is the secret technique, "Shadow Changing"!
In her early years in the secret realm of Siji City, she used the vast insights of the first level to deduce the magic formulas, but she was unable to practice to the third level.
She is now completely different from the past, and has already grasped the true meaning of the third level of "Shapeshift".
If one can achieve the third level, he will be able to fabricate a false destiny and conceal the secrets from heaven, which is extremely difficult.
The reason why he couldn't practice the third level back then was because this secret method lacked not perception, but a certain artistic conception related to disguise and illusion.
If one can comprehend a bit of the artistic conception related to it, the third level of "Shapeshifting" can be mastered in an instant.
Unfortunately, the artistic conception she now comprehended, whether it was the infinite sword intention or the artistic conception of time, had nothing to do with disguise.
So Xiang Sheng took another approach and thought of the power of "Qi Tian".
Deception and disguise have the same effect.
If he infuses the secret technique with the power of "Deceiving Heaven", Xiang Sheng is 80% sure that he can reach the third level.
The remaining 20% uncertainty lies in the amount of energy.
The scene of her failure in practicing the secret method was still vivid in her mind. She knew that in order to practice this last level, she would need extremely huge strength to support her.
Therefore, ever since she came up with this method, she has been refining the essence of the "Deceiving Heaven" formation and storing it in the Breath-Gathering Pearl in her sea of consciousness, which has the same origin as "Essence".
It has been seven years to this day.
Unfortunately, the amount of formation elements that can be extracted from the "Formation Plate" every day is extremely limited. As of today, only two-thirds of the formation elements have been stored in the Breath-Gathering Pearl.
There are still thirteen days left before the Sword Tower opens.
We can't delay any longer.
A hint of determination flashed across Xiang Sheng's eyes, and he immediately stood up and said, "I want to take a nap, you don't have to come with me."
The maidservant nodded repeatedly and stood obediently where she was.
Returning to the room, Xiang Sheng closed the door, reached out and wiped the blood ring, and took out a palm-sized thin paper man.
She pinched her fingertips, squeezed out a drop of bright red blood, smeared it on the paper figure, and then threw it away.
The paper man flashed blood in mid-air, quickly filled up and enlarged, and in the blink of an eye turned into another "Xiang Sheng".
Xiang Sheng reached out his hand and touched the paper man's eyebrows. The paper man blinked and immediately became lively. He turned around and walked to the bed and lay down.
The art of paper blocking.
This is a small secret technique recorded in "Witchcraft". It is not of a high level, but it is enough to deceive the eyes and ears of Chen Fan and his group.
After making sure that nothing was missed, Xiang Sheng cast another barrier, stepped into it, sat cross-legged, and began to concentrate on practicing "Shadow Changing".
Ten days passed.
As the Sword Tower was about to open, many small and medium-sized sects nearby sent people over, and the city became more and more lively.
During these ten days, no matter how busy Chen Fan was, he would always take time to visit Xiang Sheng in the yard, without missing a single day.
"Xiang Sheng" lost her initial liveliness and became a little silent. He thought she was just depressed because she had been locked up for too long. In addition to comforting her, he also found many new and interesting toys for "Xiang Sheng" to play with.
Little did he know that the real Xiang Sheng’s cultivation had reached a critical point.
That day, late at night.
The barrier in the courtyard is filled with the power of "Deceiving Heaven".
Xiang Sheng sat cross-legged on the ground with her eyes tightly closed, her green silk skirt stained with blood.
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